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Q4 (TSX:QFOR) EV-to-EBIT : -6.94 (As of Jun. 02, 2024)


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What is Q4 EV-to-EBIT?

EV-to-EBIT is calculated as Enterprise Value divided by its EBIT. As of today, Q4's Enterprise Value is C$215.82 Mil. Q4's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was C$-31.11 Mil. Therefore, Q4's EV-to-EBIT for today is -6.94.

The historical rank and industry rank for Q4's EV-to-EBIT or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:QFOR' s EV-to-EBIT Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -15.24   Med: -3.39   Max: -0.76
Current: -6.94

During the past 5 years, the highest EV-to-EBIT of Q4 was -0.76. The lowest was -15.24. And the median was -3.39.

TSX:QFOR's EV-to-EBIT is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 17.65 vs TSX:QFOR: -6.94

Joel Greenblatt calls the inversion of this ratio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %. Q4's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was C$130.34 Mil. Q4's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was C$-31.11 Mil. Q4's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -23.87%.


Q4 EV-to-EBIT Historical Data

The historical data trend for Q4's EV-to-EBIT can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Q4 EV-to-EBIT Chart

Q4 Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
EV-to-EBIT
- - - -7.80 -1.83

Q4 Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
EV-to-EBIT Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.52 -1.83 -2.73 -2.49 -4.19

Competitive Comparison of Q4's EV-to-EBIT

For the Software - Application subindustry, Q4's EV-to-EBIT, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBIT data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Q4's EV-to-EBIT Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Q4's EV-to-EBIT distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Q4's EV-to-EBIT falls into.



Q4 EV-to-EBIT Calculation

Q4's EV-to-EBIT for today is calculated as:

EV-to-EBIT=Enterprise Value (Today)/EBIT (TTM)
=215.818/-31.106
=-6.94

Q4's current Enterprise Value is C$215.82 Mil.
Q4's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-31.11 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Q4  (TSX:QFOR) EV-to-EBIT Explanation

This is a more accurate valuation of companies' operation because it considers the debt and cash on its balance sheet, and non-operating items such as interest payment, tax, and one-time items are not included in the Operating Income.

Joel Greenblatt calls the inversion of this ratio Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %.

Q4's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % (Q: Sep. 2023 ) =EBIT / Enterprise Value (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-31.106/130.337616
=-23.87 %

Q4's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was C$130.34 Mil.
Q4's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$-31.11 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Q4 (TSX:QFOR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
469-A King Street West, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5V 1K4
Q4 Inc is a provider of a capital markets communication software platform. It offers a broad suite of products to publicly listed companies, investment managers and investment banks along with a variety of workflows, including investor relations, corporate access, deal management and research. The company's cloud-based software platform of products provides corporate customers with critical technology infrastructure and data that may be used to support their investor relations teams through website, virtual events, CRM and analytics products. The group delivers services primarily over the internet on a subscription basis using the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. It derives revenue from Canada, the U.S., Europe and Other countries, of which a majority of revenue is derived from the U.S.

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